How To Install dicelab on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install dicelab on Ubuntu 22.04. dicelab is tool to compute the statistical distribution of dice rolls

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dicelab on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is dicelab

dicelab is:

With dicelab you can express most dice rolls (and similar things) in a functional language, and then either roll the expression, or evaluate the statistical distribution. In the latter case you can choose whether you want to simply roll and tally many times, or actually compute the distribution (which is more precise, but takes a long time in some obscure cases).

There are three methods to install dicelab on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install dicelab Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install dicelab using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install dicelab

Install dicelab Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install dicelab using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install dicelab

Install dicelab Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install dicelab using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dicelab

How To Uninstall dicelab on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the dicelab package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove dicelab

Uninstall dicelab And Its Dependencies

To uninstall dicelab and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dicelab

Remove dicelab Configurations and Data

To remove dicelab configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge dicelab

Remove dicelab configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove dicelab configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dicelab

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install dicelab package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.